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FORNASETTI, PIERO
A CITY OF CARDS FIVE PANEL SCREEN
DESIGNED C.1955, EACH PANEL DEPICTING FANTASY LANDSCAPE POPULATED BY CHARACTERS FROM THE PLAYING CARDS, THE EVENING SKY DECORATED WITH BOTH SUN AND MOON, THE REVERSE DECORATED WITH HORIZONTAL ARRANGEMENT OF STRINGED INSTRUMENTS ON PINK-RED FIELD, REFITTED WITH REPLACEMENT CASTORS, THIS EXAMPLE DATING FROM C.1955/60 - 81IN.(206CM.) HIGH
A CITY OF CARDS FIVE PANEL SCREEN
DESIGNED C.1955, EACH PANEL DEPICTING FANTASY LANDSCAPE POPULATED BY CHARACTERS FROM THE PLAYING CARDS, THE EVENING SKY DECORATED WITH BOTH SUN AND MOON, THE REVERSE DECORATED WITH HORIZONTAL ARRANGEMENT OF STRINGED INSTRUMENTS ON PINK-RED FIELD, REFITTED WITH REPLACEMENT CASTORS, THIS EXAMPLE DATING FROM C.1955/60 - 81IN.(206CM.) HIGH
Literature
FORNASETTI - DESIGNER OF DREAMS, MAURIES, THAMES & HUDSON, 1992, PP.212/13 FOR SIMILAR EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED
Sale room notice
IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED BY MR BARNABA FORNASETTI THAT THIS SCREEN MAY BE AN EARLY PRE-PRODUCTION EXAMPLE OF A HOUSE OF CARDS SCREEN, DATING FROM THE EARLY 1950S.